Strategic Expansion Blueprint: Ignite Your Business Growth

Open Closing on January 17, 2025 / 4 spots left
University Canada West
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Naji Yazdi
MBA Instructor
(6)
6
Timeline
  • January 17, 2025
    Experience start
  • February 28, 2025
    Draft of the proposal
  • March 28, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
4 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Sole proprietorship, Small to medium enterprise
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Market research Operations Competitive analysis Market expansion Product or service launch
Skills
business analysis treatment planning blueprinting
Learner goals and capabilities

Working in a team, students will prepare a Business Analysis report as well as a treatment plan for the expansion/ improvement of your business.

Learners

Learners
Graduate
Intermediate levels
35 learners
Project
50 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 7
Expected outcomes and deliverables

1- Full Business Analysis report and treatment proposal

2- Summary of the report and the proposal

3- Presentation of the final report (15 minutes) in-person or via recording

Project timeline
  • January 17, 2025
    Experience start
  • February 28, 2025
    Draft of the proposal
  • March 28, 2025
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

1.     Executive summary

o  Exec summary of your client's business

o  Main goals and objectives that you plan to pursue during this project

o  Main steps you plan to take to pursue the objectives and find the solution within a clear and structured timeline.

o  Explain your methodolgy of gathering the information of your client (ie. Interview, questionnaie, GEMBA etc.)

o  A short description of the potential solution you might offer to the company

2.     Busines Analysis

o  SWOT analysis along with suggested solutions for each item of the SWOT

o  Business model and business structure

o  Their CRM

o  Their presence on social media (You can include Google Analytics)

o  E-commerce features of the business

o  Their operational issue that is detected by your team or the business owner

o  Their branding and marketing strategy

o  Their competition (who, what, how much?)

o  Their competitive advantage / their competition and differentiation strategy

3.     Solutions

o  Gantt chart/time frame for the modifications

o  Budget for changes and the financial forecast for your clients after implementing the suggested solutions

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Are you currently facing any operational issues in your business?

Are there any specific areas of your business you would like our students to focus on?